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Outcome Budgeting

Welcome to Outcome Budgeting!

Outcome Budgeting is the City of Baltimore’s innovative way of budgeting.

What is Outcome Budgeting?

Outcome Budgeting is a budget process that aligns resources with results. The budget is organized at the service level around the City’s Priority Outcomes. Instead of starting from last year’s spending and adjusting allocations up or down, in Outcome Budgeting we start with what results matter most to citizens.

Why Outcome Budgeting?

Traditional budgeting may have worked in the past, but the economy we face today requires a more strategic, transparent budget process. Outcome Budgeting does just that, it: